http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com home of karen correia da silva Mon, 07 May 2012 19:02:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/call-for-short-fiction-poetry-artwork-and-photography-the-manson-girls-the-highwire-2014 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/call-for-short-fiction-poetry-artwork-and-photography-the-manson-girls-the-highwire-2014#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 19:00:43 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3789   While Hollywood prepares for The Manson Girls this year, a film that stars Canada’s own (Peterborough no less) Estella Warren (Planet of the Apes 2001) and the porn industry’s Ron Jeremy, the dearth of [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/call-for-short-fiction-poetry-artwork-and-photography-the-manson-girls-the-highwire-2014/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/toronto-visit-daniels-launch-and-updates http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/toronto-visit-daniels-launch-and-updates#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 09:12:55 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3777 I’m back in Vancouver after a busy two weeks in Toronto, full of meetings, events, and nights out with friends. I intended to keep a better record of my travels, but I didn’t have stable [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/toronto-visit-daniels-launch-and-updates/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/free-poems-at-the-rio-theatres-hellraiser-ii-fundraiser http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/free-poems-at-the-rio-theatres-hellraiser-ii-fundraiser#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:29:35 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3763 Last night at HELLRAISER II (a cabaret/live show/film screening/circus at the Rio Theatre in East Van), I walked around with a placard offering free poems and flowers to people on the street. It was an incredible [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/free-poems-at-the-rio-theatres-hellraiser-ii-fundraiser/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/bear-witness http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/bear-witness#comments Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:10:25 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3754 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/bear-witness/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/lusine-quatre-couleurs http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/lusine-quatre-couleurs#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:49:54 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3742 J’aime Jacquemus. L’usine quatre couleurs:  ]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/lusine-quatre-couleurs/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/returning-to-toronto-to-launch-daniel-tysdals-dear-adolf http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/returning-to-toronto-to-launch-daniel-tysdals-dear-adolf#comments Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:24:12 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3729 I’m flying back to Toronto for two weeks at the end of April/beginning of May to visit family, friends, and launch the latest offering from SB Publications: Daniel Scott Tysdal’s Dear Adolf! Event info is [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/returning-to-toronto-to-launch-daniel-tysdals-dear-adolf/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/irene-eroticfanzine http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/irene-eroticfanzine#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:24:07 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3719 Researching. Reading about forgiveness, healing. Kristeva, Derrida, Levinas, especially Levinas. Jean-Luc Nancy, peripherally. Came back to this: Irène e/r/o/t/i/c/f/a/n/z/i/n/e.]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/irene-eroticfanzine/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/work http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/work#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 03:25:57 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3714 I just realized that instead of re-reading Kristeva’s Hatred and Forgiveness, I just perused around ten different cat gif related tumblrs. I am posting this to remind myself of the guilt, and of this gif:]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/work/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/prophouse http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/prophouse#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 03:21:07 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3700 Another great evening at the Prophouse, just off of the Drive, with music by Miranda Martini, Shiela Giffen, Jillian Christmas, and Chelsea Johnson. Shiela, Matt and I had a lovely dinner prepared by Alicia beforehand, [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/prophouse/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/lovers-start http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/lovers-start#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:40:56 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3693 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/lovers-start/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/summer http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/summer#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:47:16 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3687 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/summer/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/run-ran-run-rah http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/run-ran-run-rah#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:02:58 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3674 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/run-ran-run-rah/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/love-visits http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/love-visits#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:14:27 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3655 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/love-visits/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/grimes-oblivion http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/grimes-oblivion#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2012 00:34:15 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3651 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/grimes-oblivion/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/sb-publications-presentsdear-adolf-by-daniel-scott-tysdal http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/sb-publications-presentsdear-adolf-by-daniel-scott-tysdal#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:27:32 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3609 I had the great pleasure of editing and producing acclaimed poet Daniel Tysdal’s first venture into fiction and photography, Dear Adolf. As this year’s first offering from Steel Bananas Publications, it will be available online [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/sb-publications-presentsdear-adolf-by-daniel-scott-tysdal/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/gorgeous-bully http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/gorgeous-bully#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:37:16 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3598 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/gorgeous-bully/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/i-dont-need-tender-mercy http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/i-dont-need-tender-mercy#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:28:02 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3585 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/i-dont-need-tender-mercy/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/and-i-say http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/and-i-say#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:36:06 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3581 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/and-i-say/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/pretender http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/pretender#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:09:36 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3575 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/pretender/feed 1 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/saint-nothing http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/saint-nothing#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:34:44 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3571 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/saint-nothing/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/holidays-new-books-nework http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/holidays-new-books-nework#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:42:36 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3507 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/holidays-new-books-nework/feed 1 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/nu-zine-3 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/nu-zine-3#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:39:52 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3499 NU Zine #3, December 2011 Starla Bontecou Vancouver, British Columbia $6.99]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/nu-zine-3/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/shoot-1971 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/shoot-1971#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:50:47 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3496 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/shoot-1971/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/the-drive http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/the-drive#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:58:51 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3473 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/the-drive/feed 2 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/sb-publications-catalogue http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/sb-publications-catalogue#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:36:08 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3466 I just realized I forgot to post this! We released the Winter 2011-2012 catalogue for SB Publications at the end of September. This season’s offerings include a text & photographic work from ReLit award winning [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/sb-publications-catalogue/feed 2 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/was-i-the-wave http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/was-i-the-wave#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:55:00 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3460 So lovely I just can’t handle it.]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/was-i-the-wave/feed 1 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/rain-the-soft-moon http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/rain-the-soft-moon#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:31:00 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3452 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/rain-the-soft-moon/feed 1 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/austerity-occupy-vancouver http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/austerity-occupy-vancouver#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:10:04 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3418 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/austerity-occupy-vancouver/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/thanksgiving http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/thanksgiving#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:15:16 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3437 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/thanksgiving/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/gulch-in-utqs-survey-of-letters-in-canada http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/gulch-in-utqs-survey-of-letters-in-canada#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:56:03 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3401 University of Toronto Quarterly just published its annual critical and bibliographic survey of Letters in Canada — most recently for books published during 2009 — and mentioned Steel Bananas’ 2009 assemblage Gulch: An Assemblage of [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/gulch-in-utqs-survey-of-letters-in-canada/feed 1 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/the-monsters-in-the-room-were-all-dancing http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/the-monsters-in-the-room-were-all-dancing#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:05:09 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3397 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/the-monsters-in-the-room-were-all-dancing/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/sb28 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/sb28#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:56:45 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3392 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/sb28/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/virago http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/virago#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:19:47 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3385 “If you can avoid talking about / body then do so now please” — Margaret Christakos, from Sooner, 2005. – Karen Correia Da Silva, from Virago, 2011. Vancouver, BC.]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/virago/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/sombre-mountains http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/sombre-mountains#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 02:08:42 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3376 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/sombre-mountains/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/fuck-irony http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/fuck-irony#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:59:04 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3369 Text, collage, photography, and collaboration celebrating mimesis over a period of thirty days in 2011. Works include poetry, visual art, and documentation of public performance/ happenings in Vancouver by multidisciplinary artist Karen Correia Da Silva. [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/fuck-irony/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/untitled-2011 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/untitled-2011#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:18:27 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3358 Untitled, 2011. A random excerpt from my new sketch/collage book.]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/untitled-2011/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/my-august-29th http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/my-august-29th#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:03:37 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3350 I don’t start classes until September 6th. Freedom from work + the majesty of my natural surroundings have left me very inspired. I spent my day getting my wrists acquainted with my new violin, reading [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/my-august-29th/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/latest-project http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/latest-project#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:38:31 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3346 This is Woodward. I bought him today. He is from Romania. He was handmade in Vasile Gliga’s workshop by some nice people who care about good quality violins. His friend, Juliette, is a french bow [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/latest-project/feed 2 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/etiquette http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/etiquette#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 05:24:08 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3315 Etiquette, 2011. Green College, University of British Columbia. Vancouver, BC.]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/etiquette/feed 1 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/first-week-in-vancity http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/first-week-in-vancity#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:40:06 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3268 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/first-week-in-vancity/feed 2 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/goodbye-toronto http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/goodbye-toronto#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:15:26 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3265 It’s been a gas! I’m flying to Vancouver at 7:00am.]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/goodbye-toronto/feed 1 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/iq3 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/iq3#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:06:52 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3261 I had the pleasure of designing the latest issue of the Incongruous Quarterly, straight out of Montreal. Read the science-themed poetry and prose here, and check out their blog for more content and updates.]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/iq3/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/savage-night-at-the-opera http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/savage-night-at-the-opera#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:02:32 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3258 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/savage-night-at-the-opera/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/master-of-arts-degree-attained http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/master-of-arts-degree-attained#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:37:31 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3253 Today, I submitted bound copies of my final major research paper, with all revisions, my signed declaration page, and signatures of approval from my supervisor and second reader to the Department of English at Ryerson [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/master-of-arts-degree-attained/feed 3 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/were-savage-high http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/were-savage-high#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:08:38 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3247 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/were-savage-high/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/i-heart-vancouver http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/i-heart-vancouver#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:53:52 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3226 So, I’ve officially been in Vancouver for 24 hours, and I am hopelessly, madly in love. I’ll post photos when I return, but here’s one of my shots of the Rocky Mountains from 41,000 feet:]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/i-heart-vancouver/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/photos-from-the-mobile-street-mic http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/photos-from-the-mobile-street-mic#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:45:08 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3218 The last Scream in High Park is tonight, so make sure to head out! Here are a few few photos from SB’s Scream Literary Festival Mobile Street Mic, Variations on a Scream:]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/photos-from-the-mobile-street-mic/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/canada-day-2011 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/canada-day-2011#comments Sat, 02 Jul 2011 16:45:08 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3200 Curran and I decided to do something entirely wholesome and low-key this Canada Day, so we took my Mom to Toronto Island to hike and watch the fireworks over the water. We walked for about [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/canada-day-2011/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/the-scream-literary-festival http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/the-scream-literary-festival#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:08:08 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3186 Upcoming event for the Scream Literary UnFestival: The Steel Bananas Art Collective will be meandering the streets of Toronto armed with a wagon, microphone, and camera, inviting passersby to take a moment to offer “Variations [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/the-scream-literary-festival/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/toronto-soul http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/toronto-soul#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:57:23 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3177 So much has happened in the last two weeks. The Strangers in Paris launch went swimmingly, my brother moved and settled in to his new job as an Associate Creative Director at Mullen, and my [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/toronto-soul/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/congrats-curran http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/congrats-curran#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:59:27 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3165 Congrats to my partner in crime and partner in life, Curran, for having his Honours BA in English Literature conferred upon him today!]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/congrats-curran/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/summertime-begins http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/summertime-begins#comments Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:25:35 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3154 People I love in the city I love. A few shots from my summer wanderings thus far:]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/summertime-begins/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/bernadette http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/bernadette#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:27:08 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3146 Bernadette by Starla Bontecou. Oil paint on an antique photograph. A gift for Jeff to celebrate his recent move to Boston.  ]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/bernadette/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/luminatoiarmy http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/luminatoiarmy#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:10:54 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3136 I’m going to mention Luminato in a moment, so bear with me. I must get this techno-guilt off of my chest: So, I always said I would never get a smartphone. Phone companies are evil [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/luminatoiarmy/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/mr-piano-sandwich-dog-samurai http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/mr-piano-sandwich-dog-samurai#comments Sat, 04 Jun 2011 19:42:13 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3062 I know this blog is for my peripheral work, but I just had to post some of Curran’s recent off-the-cuff drawings (with his permission, of course). Here’s Mr. Piano Sandwich Dog Samurai takes his strawberry [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/mr-piano-sandwich-dog-samurai/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/call-for-submissions-2 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/call-for-submissions-2#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 18:31:51 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3055 SB28: Translation Politics and patois. Hybrids, conversions, and mashups. Malapropisms and misspelling… We are calling for submissions of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and visual art on the theme on translation for the twenty-eighth issue of [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/call-for-submissions-2/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/strangers-in-paris http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/strangers-in-paris#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 01:22:14 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3041 I had the pleasure to design the recent anthology Strangers in Paris, launching in Toronto in late June, with NYC and Paris launches following later this year. Including Booker Prize winner John Berger, Pulitzer Prize [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/strangers-in-paris/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/fischer http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/fischer#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 00:55:58 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3035 Last night Ted, Sarah, Zack, James, Curran and I met at the TIFF Lightbox to see the recent documentary on former World Chess Champion, Bobby Fischer. It was interesting and unsettling. Directed by Liz Garbus, [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/fischer/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/aufheben http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/aufheben#comments Sun, 29 May 2011 22:12:09 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3026 Aufheben | Mixed media on paper, 8.5″ x 11″ | Starla Bontecou | 2011]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/aufheben/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/some-things-last-a-long-time http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/some-things-last-a-long-time#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 19:08:20 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=3007 I’m currently reading Jennifer DeVere Brody’s Punctuation: Art, Politics, and Play for my thesis, and mulling over the dash’s bizarre ability to separate, connect, and propel. The Baroness’ writing is dominated by the dash, as [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/some-things-last-a-long-time/feed 1 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/blonk http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/blonk#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 18:32:13 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2987 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/blonk/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/abject-address http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/abject-address#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 18:13:11 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2982 I’m currently reading about counterdiscourse and the abject address in Dina Al-Kassim’s On Pain of Speech for my thesis, and thumbing through pages and pages of the Baroness’ handwritten rants from her time in Eberswalde [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/abject-address/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/eye-contact http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/eye-contact#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 17:20:43 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2976 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/eye-contact/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/one-mood-joy-love http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/one-mood-joy-love#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 20:20:17 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2973 one-mood joy-love | Starla Bontecou | Mixed media | 2011]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/one-mood-joy-love/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/subterranean http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/subterranean#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 23:30:18 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2966 Subterranean | Starla Bontecou | Mixed media on paper | 2011]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/subterranean/feed 4 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/toronto-new-school-of-writing-presents-an-evening-with-jaap-blonk http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/toronto-new-school-of-writing-presents-an-evening-with-jaap-blonk#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 19:42:08 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2953 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/toronto-new-school-of-writing-presents-an-evening-with-jaap-blonk/feed 2 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/elsa-von-freytag-loringhoven http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/elsa-von-freytag-loringhoven#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 18:07:09 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2940 As I shuttle back and forth between Vancouver and Toronto this summer, I’m also continuing my work with the unpublished correspondence of DADA artist Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven at the Modern Literature and Culture Research [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/elsa-von-freytag-loringhoven/feed 1 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/grown-ocean http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/grown-ocean#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 01:44:22 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2936 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/grown-ocean/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/view-from-the-air http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/view-from-the-air#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 19:20:47 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2925 Un coup de foudre! (UBC’s Point Grey campus in the foreground, located at the tip of the Burrard peninsula, or Lower Mainland, with downtown Vancouver and Stanley Park stretching out in the distance.) My last [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/view-from-the-air/feed 1 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/the-lake http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/the-lake#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 23:50:23 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2921 I officially quit smoking and started long-distance running again. I ran through the Don River wetlands, and south to the lake. It’s a beautiful day to be by the water. I sat there for a [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/the-lake/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/hot-docs-film-festival http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/hot-docs-film-festival#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 19:28:14 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2908 The Hot Docs Film Festival is upon us, and our correspondent C.S. Folkers is devouring films at an unprecedented rate. Along with the article “Two Approaches to Black History at the Hot Docs Film Festival” [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/hot-docs-film-festival/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/the-election http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/the-election#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 17:27:04 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2898 I tried my best to keep my rantings and ravings about Canada’s recent federal election off of my blog, and safely on my twitter and facebook feeds, where my anger and indignation wouldn’t stand out [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/the-election/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/sb27 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/sb27#comments Sun, 01 May 2011 11:10:21 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2895 The latest issue of Steel Bananas is now available for download!]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/sb27/feed 4 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/tune-yards http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/tune-yards#comments Sat, 30 Apr 2011 18:17:02 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2888 In celebration of the multitude of recent awesomeness in my life, and as a last hurrah with my brother Jeff before he moves to Boston, one of my best friends in the whole wide world, [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/tune-yards/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/green-college http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/green-college#comments Sat, 30 Apr 2011 17:56:40 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2880 Ahh! After an application process just as long as my PhD application, wherein I had to send in my CV, three letters of reference, a statement of interest and involvement, and my academic transcripts, I [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/green-college/feed 5 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/family http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/family#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:59:39 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2875 With three months left in Toronto before I move West to start my PhD, I’ve been spending a lot of my time with my family. Each of my siblings will be in a different city [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/family/feed 1 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/aesthetics-of-collaboration-humberto-velez http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/aesthetics-of-collaboration-humberto-velez#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:18:46 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2865 After a March Around the World, the Art Gallery of York University (AGYU) is Bringing It All Back Home to Toronto, where people from all the cities in the world converge in Aesthetics of Collaboration—a [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/aesthetics-of-collaboration-humberto-velez/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/my-love-is-bigger-than-your-love http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/my-love-is-bigger-than-your-love#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:55:10 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2842 The symposium was fantastic. Heaslip House was packed, and my fellow panelists spurred a great Q&A session, making my first conference presentation one to remember. I’m hitting the end of my second term, with only [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/my-love-is-bigger-than-your-love/feed 4 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/futurist-airplanes-nyc-art-music-indigenous-film-and-telematic-performance-art http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/futurist-airplanes-nyc-art-music-indigenous-film-and-telematic-performance-art#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 03:52:58 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2836 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/futurist-airplanes-nyc-art-music-indigenous-film-and-telematic-performance-art/feed 1 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/experience-the-modern-symposium http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/experience-the-modern-symposium#comments Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:31:09 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2823 This upcoming Monday, March 28th, I will be presenting my paper, “Telepresence, Phenomenology, and Performance: Paul Sermon’s Telematic Dreaming“ on the Modernity and Technology Panel at the Experience the Modern Symposium & Exhibition. Joining me on [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/experience-the-modern-symposium/feed 2 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/moving-to-vancouver http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/moving-to-vancouver#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 02:52:43 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2811 After weighing my PhD fellowship offers from the University of Alberta, New York University, and the University of British Columbia, I finally settled on UBC, not only for the superior funding, but for the vibrant [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/moving-to-vancouver/feed 6 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/subjoyride http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/subjoyride#comments Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:25:21 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2781 Rustling through photographs, still so many rolls waiting to be developed. A few reflections and multiple exposures from riding the MTA in NYC with Curran: Subjoyride by Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven – Ready-to-wear American Soul Poetry [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/subjoyride/feed 1 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/all-you-need-is-a-dream-and-a-lover http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/all-you-need-is-a-dream-and-a-lover#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2011 08:08:54 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2773 Uuuhuhuhu Yeah, yeah, yeah . . .]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/all-you-need-is-a-dream-and-a-lover/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/ubc-nyu-uofa http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/ubc-nyu-uofa#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 03:54:58 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2767 UBC just put their bid in for my future. NYU and UofA are shocked. Or maybe I’m just shocked. Three great opportunities and none of the clarity I thought I’d have in this position. I [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/ubc-nyu-uofa/feed 1 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/ive-seen-and-done-things-i-want-to-forget http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/ive-seen-and-done-things-i-want-to-forget#comments Sat, 26 Feb 2011 17:57:01 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2763 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/ive-seen-and-done-things-i-want-to-forget/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/kin http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/kin#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:57:21 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2758 KIN | Starla Bontecou | 2011]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/kin/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/cirque-existentielle-vol2 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/cirque-existentielle-vol2#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:52:03 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2752 New zine in production, volume two of Cirque Existentielle:]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/cirque-existentielle-vol2/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/lovely http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/lovely#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 22:14:48 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2739 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/lovely/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/manifesto-for-neo-harmonic-performance http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/manifesto-for-neo-harmonic-performance#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:28:58 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2716 Nine months ago, I published a brief introduction to this work in Steel Bananas. This is the final manifesto, albeit part of a larger work. Manifesto for Neo-Harmonic Performance Part One of the Manifesto on Post-Millennium [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/manifesto-for-neo-harmonic-performance/feed 1 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/agyu-flux-revolution http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/agyu-flux-revolution#comments Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:40:49 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2694 Last Wednesday — coincidentally right after my encounter with the semiotext(e) edition of the French anti-globalization group The Invisible Committee’s The Coming Insurrection — Curran invited me to the opening of Revolutionary Sundays / The [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/agyu-flux-revolution/feed 2 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/against-bill-c-49 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/against-bill-c-49#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 06:07:08 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2689 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/against-bill-c-49/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/rhys http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/rhys#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 05:44:33 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2681 “I don’t mess around with my subconscious.” — Robert Rauschenberg]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/rhys/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/impression http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/impression#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 01:36:12 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2668 “An image is a stop the mind makes between uncertainties.” — Djuna Barnes]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/impression/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/death-to-everyone http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/death-to-everyone#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:43:36 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2662 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/death-to-everyone/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/wax-lyrical http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/wax-lyrical#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:55:23 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2649 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/wax-lyrical/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/technologies-of-intuition http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/technologies-of-intuition#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 23:49:18 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2634 I just finished reading this fantastic collection of essays, Technologies of Intuition, which sparked a new line of research for my MA thesis on the Baroness and performance theory. It also contains many works which [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/technologies-of-intuition/feed 1 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/a-rare-stein-is-a-rare-stein-is-a-rare-stein http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/a-rare-stein-is-a-rare-stein-is-a-rare-stein#comments Sun, 09 Jan 2011 04:10:40 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2605 I love Gertrude Stein. After being introduced to Tender Buttons in the second year of my undergrad by Dr. Stephen Cain (to whom I owe my Steinian consciousness), my interest has been insatiable. While in [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/a-rare-stein-is-a-rare-stein-is-a-rare-stein/feed 1 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/january-8th http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/january-8th#comments Sun, 09 Jan 2011 03:27:59 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2620 Yep. Pretty much exactly like this.]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/january-8th/feed 0 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/prima-facie http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/prima-facie#comments Sat, 08 Jan 2011 20:21:36 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2577 I found this text on the second floor of the MLCRC while waiting for the photocopier to warm up. In a large room with empty cubicles and forgotten furniture, there was an odd assortment of [...]]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/prima-facie/feed 1 http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/sb-publications http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/sb-publications#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 01:02:14 +0000 Karen Correia Da Silva http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/?p=2558 We just launched the website for SB’s new chapbook press, Steel Bananas Publications. Check it out!]]> http://fruitlet.steelbananas.com/sb-publications/feed 3